What is skeletal flurosis?
96-99% of fluoride which is retained in the body besides in the bones and hence they suffer. Bony changes occur due to excessive ingestion of fluoride over a long period of time. They manifest with pain and stiffness of the back. Stiffness increases steadily and leads to restriction of back movements. Soon stiffness spreads to various joints of the limb bones. This becomes crippling in people in endemic regions beyond the age of 30 years.
